Deep Technical Embedding: Serve as the dedicated, long-term technical partner within a strategic customer’s engineering organization.
Production-Level Engineering: Design, build, and deploy production-ready code and configurations.
Technical Accountability: Own the account's technical success across the entire Cloudflare portfolio.
Operational Integration: Participate in customer engineering rituals.
Platform Advocacy & Adoption: Identify opportunities to accelerate the adoption of Cloudflare services.
Platform Breadth & Depth: Deep technical competence in building production applications.
Feedback Loop & Product Influence: Surface real-world edge cases and product gaps.
Strategic Relationship Management: Establish and maintain trusted technical relationships.

Proven Engineering Pedigree: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Production Ownership & Operational Maturity: You have owned mission-critical services with real-world users.
Active Practitioner: You are currently in the IDE.
Full-Stack Architectural Depth: Broad technical fluency across the entire stack.
AI-Native Development: You have integrated AI-augmented workflows.
Systems Design & Strategic Thinking: Ability to decompose complex business requirements.
Cloud Ecosystem Fluency: Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider.
High Agency & Navigating Ambiguity: You are a self-starter who thrives in "zero-to-one" environments.
Executive Presence: Comfortable engaging in high-stakes technical and strategic discussions.

Forward Deployed Engineer

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